Body mass index (BMI)
human.bmistatus: draft confidence: high reviewer: none (unreviewed)
Citations
Related variables
human.body_masshuman.staturehuman.waist.circumference.omphalionhuman.hip.circumferencehuman.chest.circumference
Record fields
- id
- human.bmi
- name
- Body mass index (BMI)
- definition
- Body mass divided by the square of stature (kg/m^2). A derived adiposity proxy; cannot separate fat from lean.
- domain
- human
- system
- whole_body
- region
- whole_body
- type
- derived
- unit
- kg/m2
- allowed_range
- min
- 10
- max
- 100
- derivation
- formula
- human.body_mass / (human.stature/100)^2
- inputs
- human.body_mass
- human.stature
- dependencies
- incoming
- human.body_mass
- human.stature
- outgoing
- human.waist.circumference.omphalion
- human.hip.circumference
- human.chest.circumference
- evidence
- definition_sources
- nhanes_anthro_2015_2018
- relationship_sources
- bohr_bmi_waist
- confidence
- high
- status
- draft
- version
- 0.1.0
- reviewer
- —
- notes
- Exact arithmetic (ev 5); interpretation as adiposity is weaker. No EQ triple (derived ratio).